I wanted to throw something out re: J6 pardons and the techbros sitting behind Trump at the swearing in, and couldn't find a great place to do it, so I'll do it here.
It occurs to me that the families of the J6 convicts and those lost to Qanon should be very upset at Musk and Zuckerburg for aiming a firehose of lies at their loved ones. I…
I wanted to throw something out re: J6 pardons and the techbros sitting behind Trump at the swearing in, and couldn't find a great place to do it, so I'll do it here.
It occurs to me that the families of the J6 convicts and those lost to Qanon should be very upset at Musk and Zuckerburg for aiming a firehose of lies at their loved ones. I'm over "it's the algorithm" BS...the algorithms are designed by humans and can be changed by those same humans to stop poisoning our society by amplifying lies and conspiracies. Facebook and X are very direct threats to our future, as are YouTube, TikTok, etc...they give every freaking idiot in the country a megaphone and they make money off it, damn the consequences. Additionally, they empower our adversaries and give them a direct line into the minds and hearts of people that can't tell the difference, or are predisposed to accepting mis/dis-information through their biases.
I'd love to hear someone raise that point and frame it like that: the people sitting behind Trump are the reason your loved ones were sitting in jail...hell, maybe it doesn't matter anymore.
I wanted to throw something out re: J6 pardons and the techbros sitting behind Trump at the swearing in, and couldn't find a great place to do it, so I'll do it here.
It occurs to me that the families of the J6 convicts and those lost to Qanon should be very upset at Musk and Zuckerburg for aiming a firehose of lies at their loved ones. I'm over "it's the algorithm" BS...the algorithms are designed by humans and can be changed by those same humans to stop poisoning our society by amplifying lies and conspiracies. Facebook and X are very direct threats to our future, as are YouTube, TikTok, etc...they give every freaking idiot in the country a megaphone and they make money off it, damn the consequences. Additionally, they empower our adversaries and give them a direct line into the minds and hearts of people that can't tell the difference, or are predisposed to accepting mis/dis-information through their biases.
I'd love to hear someone raise that point and frame it like that: the people sitting behind Trump are the reason your loved ones were sitting in jail...hell, maybe it doesn't matter anymore.